225897 Pte. Francis Dennis Klapper British Army 6th Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders from:Newcastle on Tyne My uncle Francis Klapper from Newcastle on Tyne joined the 6th Battalion of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and was sent to France in January 1940, but was captured in Belgium in May that year and sent to Lamsdorf, Stalag VIIIB. He worked for a couple of Arbeitskommandos, one at Reigersfeld and one at Klausberg, working first on roads and then down a mine until on 22nd January 1945 they began the long march west and eventually came home.
While in the Klausberg camp, one of his colleagues Arthur Lewis died in a coal fall at the Niederbank mine and Dennis went to his funeral. Among my uncle's papers there is a photograph of the grave of Arthur Lewis, and I wonder if his family have seen this or knew about it. I would be more than happy to let any family members have this photo.
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